Textbooks and Materials

Most textbooks for AKI courses may be purchased from an online book shop or music shop before classes begin for a head start on reading and assignments. Some materials are available only through AKI, as listed, and should be ordered via the AKI Order Form. An order form will be mailed to enrolled students along with their registration confirmations.

Article reprints required for each course will be provided by AKI.

For Kodály certification students, the largest investment in books and materials occurs at Level I. The same books are used again in Levels II and III, with a few additions. All required books are essential items for the Kodály teacher's library. In some cases, the same textbook is required for more than one course on the same level (in that case, you only need to purchase one copy).

Basic Supplies for All Students

Binder (Additional binders, with dividers, will be needed for Methodology and Materials)

Dividers for each course

Loose leaf paper – lined and unlined

Staff paper

Tote bag or backpack (a rolling backpack is highly recommended)

Water bottle (listed for several courses; you only need one)

A-440 tuning fork (listed for serveral courses; you only need one)

Jacket or heavy sweater (the air conditioning is quite cold)

Solfa Fundamentals

Textbooks:

Huggins, Amy BranumElements: A Sight Singing and Rhythm Reading Book for BeginnersThe Music Studio, 1982(Available for purchase at the first class session)

Package #2:Integrating Music Learning Theory Into the Kodály CurriculumAudiation: A Theoretical and Practical ExplanationKodály and Gordon: Same and DifferentTeaching “Simple” and “Compound” Meters Side By Side: Rhythm Syllables, Sequences, and Materials

Kodály Materials I

Textbooks:

Amidon, Peter, Brass, Mary Cay, and Davis, AndyChimes of Dunkirk, Great Dances for Children (Book and CD with an optional DVD)New England Dancing Masters Productions, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1991 (or later) (no ISBN, but copies may be ordered from info@dancingmasters.com or www.dancingmasters.com. Also available at West Music and Music in Motion).

Package:Children's Singing VoicesHelping Children's Voices Develop in General Music EducationTeaching Children of All Ages to Use the Singing VoiceSing It Like It Is: A Synthesis of Recent Research on the Child Voice